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Elements of Depth & Complexity
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"The aim of education should be to teach us rather HOW to think, than what to think--rather to IMPROVE our minds, so as to ENABLE us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men." Bill Beattie
Go beyond reading comprehension and worksheets: analyze and interpret literature at another level of sophistication! Starting with four academic disciplinary approaches, Think Like A...
What is "Think Like A Disciplinarian"?
THE KEY QUESTION: What are the factors influencing, contributing to the event, character, setting, and/or author's style?
THE ROLES: Using any one of the four roles noted below with the tasks found in Literature Circle ROLES, students will complete an investigation based on a character, setting, event [plot], or the author's style.
THE COLLABORATION: Using any one of the four roles noted below with the tasks found in Literature Circle ROLES, students will complete an investigation based on a character, setting, event [plot], or the author's style.
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LINGUISTICS
HISTORY
SOCIOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY
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GEOGRAPHY
"The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive. To him a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is an ecstasy, a friend is a lover, a lover is a god, and failure is death. Add to this cruelly delicate organism the overpowering necessity to create, create, create--so that without the creating of music or poetry or books or buildings or something of meaning, his very breath is cut off from him. He must create, must pour out creation. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency he is not really alive unless he is creating." Pearl Buck
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PDF: Frayer Model for Concept Attainment
TLAD Circles Lesson Plans
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